Reasoning Ability Quiz For LIC ADO Mains 2023 -15th April

Directions (1-5): Answer the questions based on the information given below
There are seven members A, B, C, D, E, F and G in a family and all are sitting around a circular table facing towards the center. There is no single parent in the family.
C’s son sits second to the left of A who is the mother of C. Only one person is sitting between B and the son of C. B and the father of C are immediate neighbors of each other. C’s daughter sits second to the left of C. C is not an immediate neighbor of his father. Only two persons sit between the maternal uncle of C and mother of C. E who is the wife of C, sits third to the left of the daughter of C. D sits to the immediate right of E. G is not the son of C.

Q1. Who is the son of C?
(a) F
(b) Either F or D
(c) D
(d) B
(e) None of these

Q2. Who is the father of C?
(a) G
(b) E
(c) D
(d) B
(e) None of these

Q3. Who sits to the immediate left of C’s father?
(a) Son of C
(b) Wife of C
(c) Daughter of C
(d) Mother of C
(e) None of these

Q4. Four from the following are similar in a certain way and forms a group. Find out the one, which does not belong to that group.
(a) G and F
(b) C and A
(c) F and C
(d) D and B
(e) F and E

Q5. Which of the following statement is correct?
(a) D is the father of C
(b) E is the daughter of C
(c) G is the cousin of C
(d) G is the mother of C
(e) All are correct

Directions (6-10): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
Eight persons (P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W) live on different floors of an 11-floor building such that the bottommost floor is numbered as 1, just above it is numbered as 2 and so on till the topmost floor is numbered as 11. Three floors are vacant in the building. No two adjacent floors are vacant. Each person has different age i.e., consecutive multiple of 3 starting from 33 (in years). All the above information is not necessarily in the same order.
W is 21 years elder than V. Two floors are between P’s floor and R’s floor. R lives on a prime numbered floor below 6th floor. Q’s floor is adjacent to U’s floor. T’s floor is immediately above W’s floor. The person whose age is 51 years lives immediately above the person whose age is 39 years. Sum of digits of U’s age number is 9. Q is 3 years elder than T. Sum of digits of R’s age number is more than 9. Three floors are between U’s floor and V’s floor. V’s floor is immediately above P’s floor. S’s floor is three floors below Q’s floor.

Q6. The person who lives on 10th floor is how many years younger than R.
(a) 12 years
(b) 3 years
(c) 6 years
(d) 9 years
(e) Either 12 years or 3 years

Q7. How many persons live between the one whose age is 54 years and S?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) More than four

Q8. Which of the following floor(s) is/are vacant?
(a) 9th floor
(b) The floor between V’s floor and S’s floor
(c) 5th floor
(d) Both (a) and (b)
(e) None of these

Q9. What is the sum of the ages of U and V?
(a) 69 years
(b) 78 years
(c) 76 years
(d) 64 years
(e) Can’t determined

Q10. Four from the following are similar in a certain way and forms a group. Find out the one which does not belong to that group.
(a) R – 48
(b) T – 39
(c) V – 33
(d) P – 54
(e) Q – 42

Directions (11-13): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
A nine-member family consists of three couples and each couple has at least one child. U has three children out of which only two are females. S is the grandfather of U who is married to X. U is the only son of Z who is the grandmother of V. T and Y are siblings and both are females. R is the mother-in-law of Z. W is also a member of family. Z is not a child of S.

Q11. How is R related to Y?
(a) Grandmother
(b) Great grandmother
(c) Mother
(d) Sister
(e) None of the above

Q12. How is W related to T?
(a) Grandfather
(b) Great grandfather
(c) Father
(d) Sister
(e) None of the above

Q13. How many females in the family?
(a) 6
(b) Either 4 or 6
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) None of the above

Directions (14-15): Study the information below and answer the questions.
A&B means A is the brother of B,
A$B means A is the daughter of B,
A#B means A is the husband of B,
A@B means A is the son of B,
A?B means A is the wife of B.

Q14. If expression ‘J@F$G?E@H?I’ is true, then how is F’s mother’s father in law is related to J’s mother’s father?
(a) Sister
(b) Mother-in-law
(c) Father
(d) Uncle
(e) None of these

Q15. If expression ‘G@J#F$H#E’ is true and D is brother of E then how is D’s brother-in-law related to G?
(a) Father
(b) Grandmother
(c) Mother
(d) Grandfather
(e) None of these

Solutions